avsaltet

Avsaltet is a Swedish adjective meaning desalinated or desalted. It is the past participle of the verb avsalta, formed with the prefix av- indicating removal. The term is used to describe substances from which salt has been removed, most commonly water. In Swedish, avsaltat vatten is the standard expression for water that has undergone desalination.

In practice, the word appears in technical, scientific and industry contexts—especially in discussing water treatment, aquaculture, and food processing where reduced salinity is needed. It can be used attributively (avsaltat vatten) or predicatively (Vattnet är avsaltat). The related noun is avsaltning, the process of desalination.

Desalination methods such as reverse osmosis, thermal distillation, and electrodialysis are described in Swedish literature as metoder for avsaltning, and research on desalination efficiency is common in journals on water technology.

See also: avsalta, avsaltning, desalination.